[Nhcoll-l] Visualizing collections for online public viewing?

[Genevieve Anderegg]

Happy Monday everyone,
I'm doing a project on the visualization of zoology collections for my
masters in museum studies, specifically on online public resources for
visualizing collections. I'm interested in the intersection of online
"collections tours" and database web portals, where a virtual visitor can
see interactive visuals of collections objects and the storage space and
get specimen information. The example that inspired me is from UAMs Virtual
Herbarium Tour (https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1406090479749038081), where
you can click on Caryophyllales and then see a visual of the cabinet, and
click again to bring up a specific herbarium sheet with information on that
specific specimen. I love this example because it gives a feel for the
actual collections space and can teach visitors about specific specimens
without just linking to a database portal that is not as accessible to the
public.

Would anyone happen to have other examples of this kind of collections
visualization, or platforms that might be ideal for creating such a
product? I'll be doing my project on one cabinet in our collection as a
snapshot for the public to see how specimens are stored and accessed. Of
course this kind of virtual resource would not be feasible for an entire
collection, but I think it's very intriguing and useful for visualizing a
specific portion of a collection.
Thank you!

Genevieve Anderegg
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University of Colorado Boulder
Museum and Field Studies MS
CUMNH Vertebrate Collections, McCain Lab
she/her/hers
612-876-8138
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